NOVEMBER 4, 2020
Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich is issuing an executive order restricting indoor activities in the county due to an uptick in COVID-19 cases over the past few weeks.
"Gathering size will be limited to 25 people," Elrich said. "Capacity will be reduced to 25 percent for the following types of establishments: fitness centers, food service establishments, museums and...
NOVEMBER 4, 2020
Demonstrators protest in Philadelphia on Wednesday. - Photograph: Rachel Wisniewski/Reuters
With millions of votes waiting to be counted in the US presidential election, Donald Trump has effectively threatened to sue his way to re-election.
As of Wednesday evening, the president and his campaign had promised to bring the election to the supreme court, sued to halt vote-counting in two...
NOVEMBER 4, 2020
Senator Susan Collins, at a rally in Bangor, Maine, on Tuesday, was re-elected to a fifth term even as President Trump lost badly in the state. - Hilary Swift / NY Times
Republicans, buoyed by an unexpectedly strong performance by President Trump in key battlegrounds, grew increasingly confident on Wednesday that they could maintain narrow control of...
NOVEMBER 4, 2020
Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Biden speaks about 2020 the presidential election in Wilmington, Delaware. - Reuters/KEVIN LAMARQUE
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE - Democrat Joe Biden said on Wednesday he expects to win the presidential election, saying he believes it is clear his campaign is winning enough states to win the presidency.
"After a long night of counting, it's clear that...
NOVEMBER 4, 2020
The U.S. Capitol is seen at sunrise during the election day, in Washington. - Reuters/HANNAH MCKAY
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Whether celebrating victory or licking the wounds of defeat following Tuesday's election, the current members of the U.S. Congress must pivot quickly to a new priority: Avoiding a government shutdown in December during a pandemic.
The Republican-controlled Senate and Democratic-controlled...
NOVEMBER 3, 2020
Early voting at the Lansing City Clerk's office on November 02, 2020 in Lansing, Michigan. - Photographer: John Moore/Getty Images
Polls are open throughout the U.S. for voters who didn’t cast their ballots early or by mail. Misleading robocalls have emerged as one Election Day concern. In addition to choosing between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee...
NOVEMBER 3, 2020
Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform
Who will win the White House? Trump
How many electoral votes will he get? 278
Who will win Florida? Trump
Who will win North Carolina? Trump
Who will win Pennsylvania? We may never know.
Who will win Georgia? Trump
Who will win Texas? Trump
Which party will win the House? Republicans
How many seats will Dems/GOP pick...
NOVEMBER 3, 2020
Stocks traded sharply higher on Election Day, continuing their winning streak from the start of the week.
After opening higher, the market continued to rally. At midday, the Dow traded 2.2%, or nearly 600 points, higher, while the S&P 500 -- Wall Street's broadest measure -- climbed 2%. The Nasdaq Composite was up 1.9%.
Last week, all three indexes...
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
China's Premier Li Keqiang (C) waves at the conclusion of a joint press conference with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and South Korea's President Moon Jae-in (L) at the 8th trilateral leaders' meeting between China, South Korea and Japan in Chengdu, southwestern China's Sichuan province on December 24, 2019. China hosted the leaders of squabbling neighbors...
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
Voters overwhelmingly approve of Dr. Anthony Fauci's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new CNBC/Change Research poll.
Trump suggested that he could try to fire the country's top infectious diseases expert after the 2020 election.
Trump gets poor marks for his handling of the outbreak, which has led to more than 230,000 deaths in...
